secretary

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Mara Karlin, who served as assistant secretary of defense for strategy during the Biden administration, said the priority then was beefing up the military presence in the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A Pentagon spokesman denied the report, saying no one representing Hegseth, or for that matter the defense secretary himself, ever approached BlackRock.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Trust secretary Tristan Foot told BBC Sport that it had taken on board complaints from supporters about the Italian and had been in touch with the club.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In fact, when America went to war with Spain in 1898, after the sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine, Roosevelt left his job as assistant secretary of the Navy and helped form the 1st U.S.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple